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Robot assists with surgery to prevent preterm labor

Continuing coverage: UTMB’s Dr. Sami Kilic, chief of minimally invasive gynecology and research, is the first surgeon in the world reported to have used robotically assisted, ultrasound-guided laparoscopic surgery to successfully tighten a pregnant patient’s incompetent cervix. The news also appears in the Liberty Vindicator.